Caroline Ord is a counsel in our financial regulatory practice
Caroline has a broad and versatile range of global financial regulatory and corporate and commercial experience, having practised in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Caroline principally advises clients on financial regulatory law, including Chapter 7 and consumer credit regulatory and compliance issues, AFSL and ACL licensing, relief applications, AML/CTF compliance, and capital raising, as well as general corporate and governance matters.
She also advises on the establishment of retail and wholesale managed investment schemes and the preparation of offer documents for fund managers and public offer superannuation funds.
Caroline has significant experience in reviewing and negotiating legal and commercial fund terms for clients wishing to invest in, re-evaluate and/or exit private equity/venture capital funds and enter into global securities broker terms of business in a variety of foreign jurisdictions.
Her clients including include international and domestic banks, fund managers, fintechs and payment providers, superannuation funds, family offices, listed companies and other institutional organisations, as well as high net worth individuals.
Caroline is recognised by clients for having an innovative and outcome-focused mindset and she enjoys collaborating with clients, regulators and colleagues to achieve their objectives.
Legal Updates
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Financial Services Update
22 Mar 2022 Regulating the crypto asset ecosystem: Explaining Treasury's proposed licensing and custody regime for crypto asset secondary service providers
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Financial Services Update
10 Aug 2021 No more "set and forget" - a new AML/CTF third party reliance model
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financial services regulatory timeline
12 Apr 2021 What's ahead: A snapshot of the key milestones on the financial services regulatory landscape for 2021